Strong H5291נַעֲרָה
maiden
- Transliteration
- na‛ărâh
- Pronunciation
- nah-ar-aw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of H5288; a girl (from infancy to adolescence): - {damsel} maid ({-en}) young (woman).
Detailed definition
STEP sense: maiden
Exact lexical definition: girl
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: נַעֲרָה n.f . girl , damsel girl , damsel of female attendants, maids
In the Bible
Strong H5291 appears in 57 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- damsel29
- maiden14
- maid7
- young4
- let2
- pass1
- woman1
First verses
- Genesis 24:14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
- Genesis 24:16And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
- Genesis 24:28And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
- Genesis 24:55And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
- Genesis 24:57And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
- Genesis 24:61And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
- Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
- Genesis 34:12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
- Exodus 2:5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
- Deuteronomy 22:15Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
- Deuteronomy 22:16And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
- Deuteronomy 22:19And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
- Deuteronomy 22:20But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
- Deuteronomy 22:21Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
- Deuteronomy 22:23If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
- Deuteronomy 22:24Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 22:25But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
- Deuteronomy 22:26But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
- Deuteronomy 22:27For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
- Deuteronomy 22:28If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;